diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 05740979b8a..6d2b3264b6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -805,11 +805,20 @@ self: super: {
   # Needs QuickCheck <2.10, HUnit <1.6 and base <4.10
   pointfree = doJailbreak super.pointfree;
 
-  # Depends on base <4.12
-  # See https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha512/pull/3
-  # , https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha512/issues/4
-  # and https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha512/pull/5
-  cryptohash-sha512 = doJailbreak super.cryptohash-sha512;
+  # The project is stale
+  #
+  # Archiving request: https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha512/issues/6
+  #
+  # doJailbreak since base <4.12 && bytestring <0.11
+  # Request to support:
+  # https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha512/issues/4
+  # PRs to support base <4.12:
+  # https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha512/pull/3
+  # https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha512/pull/5
+  #
+  # dontCheck since test suite does not support new `base16-bytestring` >= 1 format
+  # https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cryptohash-sha512/pull/5#issuecomment-752796913
+  cryptohash-sha512 = dontCheck (doJailbreak super.cryptohash-sha512);
 
   # Depends on tasty < 1.x, which we don't have.
   cryptohash-sha256 = doJailbreak super.cryptohash-sha256;